Recaps

Luffy and Usopp resisted Carina and Galdino’s plan to sell Thriller Bark, but the crew decided to trade the enormous island ship to the Revolutionary Army at Sabaody Archipelago. Galdino and Kalifa set out ahead in a smaller boat to reach the archipelago.

• Luffy and Usopp objected to selling Thriller Bark because they had grown fond of its size and comfortable facilities.
• Carina and Galdino proposed selling Thriller Bark to the Revolutionary Army at Sabaody Archipelago for ships or money.
• Galdino explained that his ties to the Revolutionary Army could help the crew secure a fair deal without trouble.
• Luffy accepted the decision after Carina and Galdino supported it.
• Galdino and Kalifa took a smaller sailboat toward Sabaody Archipelago while the crew stopped the island ship nearby.

Galdino and Kalifa met Ivankov at the Sabaody Archipelago, where the Revolutionary Army had restored order and integrated the Okama into its forces. Galdino revealed that Thriller Bark was docked nearby and proposed trading it for a ship, technology, and a promise.

• Ivankov welcomed Galdino and Kalifa, respecting military boundaries while explaining how the Okama had become disciplined protectors of Sabaody.
• Ivankov asked Galdino about Gecko Moria, and Galdino said they had exiled Moria and his companions on a small boat.
• Galdino asked Ivankov about Thriller Bark and revealed that he and his crew had brought it to Sabaody.
• Galdino offered to sell Thriller Bark to the Revolutionary Army in exchange for a ship, technology, and a promise.

Ivankov hesitated to promise Galdino and Kalifa access to Revolutionary Army technology and agreed to report their request to the Commander-in-Chief. After reading Ivankov’s telegram, Leo considered the Revolutionary Army’s plans for Moria’s three island-based ships and their potential as mobile fortresses.

• Ivankov told Galdino and Kalifa that he could not promise them anything and would report their request to the Commander-in-Chief.
• Galdino and Kalifa agreed to return the next day for Ivankov’s answer.
• Ivankov sent Leo a telegram about their request, reflecting the Revolutionary Army’s preference for recorded communications.
• Leo received the telegram alongside news from the Kingdom of Goa, which he set aside because the Revolutionary Army was overstretched.
• Leo considered how the Revolutionary Army could transform Gecko Moria’s three island-based ships into mobile aircraft carriers and offshore fortresses.

Leo agreed to the Straw Hat Pirates’ terms in exchange for Thriller Bark and its two accompanying islands, seeing the ships as valuable tools for the Revolutionary Army’s future capital and governance. The deal proceeded quietly outside the military’s usual channels, and the Straw Hats were promised a customized ship within a week.

• Leo judged the largest of the three islands suitable for the Revolutionary Army’s capital and recognized the ships’ strategic and political value.
• Leo agreed to the Straw Hat Pirates’ demands, offering them a customized ship and exemption from bounties and pursuit as long as they did not attack the Revolutionary Army.
• Ivankov confirmed Leo’s approval by Den Den Mushi and arranged for Revolutionary Army soldiers to take possession of the islands.
• Ivankov told Galdino and Carina they could move freely around the Sabaody Archipelago and would receive their small ship in one week.
• The agreement and shipbuilding arrangements bypassed the military and Staff Department, quietly marking a shift in the Revolutionary Army’s internal politics.

After the Revolutionary Army agreed to build the Straw Hat Pirates an electric-powered ship in seven days, it gave them 200 million Beli and they began vacationing on Fish-Man Island. The island’s tourism business was flourishing under Revolutionary Army protection, and the Fish-Men increasingly supported Queen Otohime’s policies.

• Luffy and the others were surprised that the Revolutionary Army could build their ship in seven days, while Galdino and Carina began their vacation.
• The Revolutionary Army gave the Straw Hat Pirates 200 million Beli as compensation for the three islands they had offered.
• Luffy and the others joined a Fish-Man tour group after shopping, as Fish-Men developed paid tours and accommodations for visitors.
• The Revolutionary Army protected Fish-Men from traffickers and punished merchants who tried to exploit them through bribery or price gouging.
• Tourism and economic growth improved life in the Fish-Man Kingdom, leading the Fish-Men to embrace Queen Otohime’s policies and cooperation with humans.

After enjoying Fish-Man Island, Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates went to the Revolutionary Army base to retrieve their ship. Ivankov showed them the blue-painted vessel, the Azure Pufferfish.

• Fish-Man Island developed its tourism and entertainment facilities, while merfolk regularly visited Sabaody Archipelago to shop.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates left Fish-Man Island and headed to the Revolutionary Army base for their ship.
• The Revolutionary Army rebuilt an abandoned Marine base into a heavily defended military harbor.
• Ivankov welcomed the Straw Hat Pirates and led them through the base to the harbor.
• Ivankov presented the Azure Pufferfish, and Luffy and the others reacted with excitement.

The Revolutionary Army gave Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates the Azure Pufferfish, a customized merchant ship, and asked them to report what they learned about One Piece to Commander-in-Chief Leo. Seven days later, the crew set sail, with Luffy promising to visit Revolutionary Army Headquarters if he found it.

• Ivankov led the Straw Hat Pirates aboard the Azure Pufferfish, where they discovered a ship fitted with rooms and features tailored to their requests, plus two orange trees gifted by Nami.
• Carina recognized Nami’s gift, and the crew explored the ship as Sanji admired the kitchen, Carina enjoyed her bath, Luffy found the meat freezer, Usopp watched the wind turbine, and Galdino found the library.
• Sanji asked why Leo had taken an interest in Luffy, and Ivankov explained that Leo wanted the crew to find One Piece and report its secrets to Revolutionary Army Headquarters.
• Luffy agreed to deliver the information, and Galdino, Sanji, and Usopp were moved by Leo’s trust in them.
• Seven days later, Luffy and the others waved goodbye to Ivankov as they departed aboard the Azure Pufferfish.

The Revolutionary Army considered making its capital mobile so merchants would bring trade and investment to impoverished regions instead of letting Jaya Island consume surrounding resources. As three giant mobile islands sailed toward Jaya, Gild Tesoro’s Golden Tesoro Ship arrived near Revolutionary Army Headquarters, sending the merchants on Jaya into a frenzy.

• The Revolutionary Army captured slave-catching crews on the island, sent them for reeducation, and dumped them on Sabaody Archipelago.
• The Revolutionary Army began moving three enormous islands toward its headquarters on Jaya Island.
• The narrator argued that Jaya could serve as a production base but should not become the Revolutionary Army’s capital.
• The narrator proposed a mobile capital that would attract merchants and stimulate local economies wherever it docked.
• Gild Tesoro’s Golden Tesoro Ship arrived in the waters near Revolutionary Army Headquarters, and the merchants on Jaya went mad.

The Revolutionary Army captured Tesoro and seized his gold and Golden Tesoro Ship, causing merchants to speculate over the value of its assets. As they began competing for the ship’s real estate, the Revolutionary Army prepared another major move.

• The Revolutionary Army targeted Tesoro because his control of one-eighth of the world’s gold threatened its economy and rule.
• Tesoro refused to surrender and took the guests aboard Golden City hostage to threaten the Revolutionary Army.
• The Revolutionary Army swiftly defeated and captured Tesoro, taking his gold and ship as spoils.
• Admiral Kuma extracted the Devil Fruits of Tesoro and his two subordinates and sent them to Drum Island for research.
• Merchants gathered at the harbor and began eyeing the real estate aboard Golden Tesoro Ship, seeing one another as rivals.
• The merchants did not realize the Revolutionary Army had another major move planned aboard the ship.

Merchants rushed to secure shops aboard the Golden Tesoro Ship, but Leo and the Revolutionary Army refused to sell the property as they planned to establish an economic special zone. As the Revolutionary Army organized its administration and rules, news of the tax-free zone drew even more merchants and stirred anxiety among local businesses.

• Merchants recognized the Golden Tesoro Ship as a huge business opportunity and began preparing to bid for shops and other prime locations.
• The Revolutionary Army announced that it would not sell the ship’s real estate, prompting merchants to consider renting or acting as secondary landlords instead.
• Leo and the Revolutionary Army began coordinating departments and systems to turn the ship into a special zone, with three more movable islands planned for similar development.
• The chapter contrasted the Revolutionary Army’s formal promotion rules and accountability systems with the World Government’s arbitrary treatment of Marines.
• News about the planned economic tax-free special zone spread, causing incoming merchants to grow more numerous and local merchants to become anxious.

Leo encouraged the Revolutionary Army to exempt merchants from taxes and support commerce, while warning that merchant capital and flattery could corrupt the new regime. He focused on building government reserves and control of commercial resources so future leaders would have the means to respond to an economic crisis.

• Merchants welcomed the Revolutionary Army’s tax exemption and contrasted its treatment of them with that of the Celestial Dragons.
• Leo’s warnings about merchants conflicted with his efforts to win their support, leaving members of the Revolutionary Army puzzled.
• Leo recognized that merchants and other strongmen’s supporters might praise the Revolutionary Army for personal gain and cause its members to forget their principles.
• Leo guarded against the rise of private capital while treating state control of land and commercial resources as a safeguard against economic collapse.
• Leo set out to build gold reserves and economic resources so a future Revolutionary Army government could act decisively in a crisis.

Leo reviewed intelligence reports as merchants on Jaya Island sought an opportunity to meet with the Revolutionary Army, and he welcomed the chance to put them to work. He learned that the Kingdom of Goa had stabilized and Alabasta had received rain without Dancing Powder, then heard that the merchants had started fighting.

• Jaya Island merchants used their connections to seek a meeting with the Revolutionary Army Commander, and Leo decided their work could be useful.
• Leo read reports that Babylon and Big Beard had quelled the unrest in the Kingdom of Goa and restored confidence in the Revolutionary Army.
• Leo learned that Nami, Enel, and Smoker had helped Alabasta receive rain without Dancing Powder.
• A caller informed Leo that the merchants had started fighting.

Nami, Smoker, and Enel arrived in the Alabasta Kingdom to begin surveying its climate and support Leo’s century-long plan to restore the kingdom’s environment. Nami spotted rain clouds and asked Smoker to push one toward another, preparing to make the rain come sooner.

• Leo sent Nami, Enel, and Smoker to help change Alabasta’s environmental problems.
• The chapter explained that Nami’s climate abilities would address Alabasta’s weather at its root, while the Revolutionary Army pursued sustainable technology and weapons for the future.
• Leo’s plan called for Alabasta’s people to restore their environment over more than a hundred years, with support from the Revolutionary Army.
• Nami, Smoker, and Enel arrived before Koza, and Nami said the coming rain needed a push.
• Nami asked Smoker to move a cloud toward another cloud on the horizon.

Nami and Smoker brought clouds together to make rain fall on drought-stricken Alabasta, giving its people hope after years of suffering. Nami had Enel disperse the cloud before the rainfall could turn into a dangerous desert flood.

• Smoker pushed two clouds together while Nami, Koza, and the others watched, and the clouds began crackling with lightning.
• Nami explained that the clouds had formed into cumulonimbus clouds as thunder drew the desperate people of Alabasta outside to pray.
• Rain began to fall, and the people cried and celebrated while Koza grabbed Nami's hand and praised her.
• Koza asked Nami how the clouds had made rain, and she checked her pocket watch before telling Enel it was time to disperse the cloud.
• Enel blew the cloud apart with a thunderbolt, and Nami explained to Koza that continued rain could cause deadly floods in the desert.

Nami explained the Revolutionary Army’s long-term plan to relieve Alabasta’s drought and transform its desert land. Koza embraced the plan and promised that Alabasta’s people would contribute their strength.

• Koza remembered that deserts could flood and learned that Nami and Smoker would bring carefully controlled rain to reassure Alabasta’s people.
• Koza worried that Alabasta could not depend on Nami to provide rain indefinitely, and Nami promised the Revolutionary Army would leave the country with lasting means to manage water.
• Nami outlined a three-part plan: build a dam to store water, dredge riverbeds and construct canals, and restore forests through generations of tree planting.
• Koza was moved by the Commander of the Revolutionary Army’s vision and vowed that Alabasta’s people would help turn the desert into an oasis for their descendants.

After the rain, Nami helped Koza understand that the Alabasta Revolutionary Army could build a better future by standing on Leo’s shoulders. As cheers spread through the kingdom, Smoker reflected that bringing relief to its people was the work’s greatest meaning.

• Koza looked at the phantom in the sky and lamented that they all lived in the shadow of giants.
• Nami urged Koza to see the Revolutionary Army as standing on giants’ shoulders and continuing to climb.
• Koza accepted her argument and hurried off to gather the Revolutionary Army officers.
• Nami criticized Koza for making assumptions about Leo, while Smoker and Enel tried to reassure her.
• Smoker watched the people celebrate the rain and said their joy showed the meaning of their work.

Koza organized Alabasta with the Revolutionary Army’s help, while Nami and two Vice Admirals began work on the city and its water supply. At Revolutionary Army Headquarters, merchants who had been jailed after a street brawl united and secured a meeting with Leo three days later.

• Koza organized Alabasta, and news spread that the Revolutionary Army could reliably bring rain in exchange for the people’s work.
• Nami used the Bubble-Bubble Fruit to clean and secure the city, while two Vice Admirals set out to survey the surrounding area for a river route and reservoir sites.
• Revolutionary Army police arrested the merchants who fought in the streets and held them in prison for two nights.
• The merchants made peace while in prison and joined forces after their release.
• Leo agreed to meet with merchant representatives three days later, easing their worries.

Leo met with five merchant representatives to discuss the Revolutionary Army’s tax-free commercial ship and proposed using it to connect people in poor, remote areas with prosperous cities. The merchants recognized the plan’s potential, but its details had not yet been revealed.

• Leo appointed five merchants as representatives, including longtime supporters of the Revolutionary Army, the president of the East Blue merchants’ association, and a newly rising merchant from the North Blue.
• The five representatives met Leo aboard the warship and asked what he intended to make of it.
• Leo explained that the Revolutionary Army was losing money by turning the ship into a tax-free commercial center.
• Leo proposed sending the ship to impoverished regions to draw residents toward prosperous cities, and the merchants quickly saw possible benefits.

Leo explained how the Revolutionary Army’s tax-free ship could stimulate trade, develop impoverished islands, and give people who left the ship a path to stable lives. He told the merchants that helping most people escape poverty within five to ten years was a major Revolutionary Army strategy, leaving them speechless.

• Leo’s plan would draw merchants and workers to primitive islands, develop local industries, and create opportunities for islanders aboard the ship and onshore.
• Leo explained that trade and investment would help islands grow, while people leaving the ship could use their experience to support local development.
• The president of the East Blue trade association asked Leo why he was willing to spend so much effort helping people.
• Leo said the Revolutionary Army aimed to help most people escape poverty and enter modern life within five to ten years, and would spare no cost to do so.
• The five merchants were stunned by Leo’s ambition and felt ashamed of their concern over small profits.

Blackbeard infiltrated Sky Island to free former Underwater Great Prison inmates and build a new crew after abandoning his bid to reclaim the Whitebeard Pirates. Van Augur sensed the intruder and watched him through his rifle scope.

• Blackbeard emerged from the White Sea and resolved to steal the prison keys and recruit the imprisoned pirates.
• Blackbeard rejected the idea of restoring the Whitebeard Pirates and vowed to kill their members if he encountered them again.
• After a month gathering intelligence on Jaya Island, Blackbeard evaded the main road and secretly crossed into Sky Island.
• Van Augur detected an unusual presence on the island while training his Observation Haki.
• Van Augur picked up his sniper rifle, found Blackbeard advancing through a muddy rice paddy, and quietly recognized him.

Van Augur watched Blackbeard sneak across Bullet’s rice fields and approach the pirate prisoners to recruit them. Bullet caught up with him and struck him down for trampling his crops, leaving Blackbeard bloodied and demanding another punch.

• Van Augur recognized Blackbeard and watched him cross Bullet’s fields while considering whether Bullet had been persuaded by the commander-in-chief.
• Bullet sensed that someone had damaged his plants and followed the muddy tracks toward Blackbeard.
• Blackbeard gave the prisoners an impassioned speech, hoping to recruit them and cause a distraction for his escape.
• Bullet asked Blackbeard if he had walked through his fields, then punched him and sent him flying.
• Blackbeard got back up with his face covered in blood and shouted for Bullet to hit him again.

Bullet confronted Blackbeard for trampling his rice paddy, and their clash of Conqueror’s Haki escalated into a brutal fight. Bullet overwhelmed Blackbeard with his physical strength and began pummeling him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Blackbeard, enraged by his earlier defeat, challenged Bullet again while the other pirates watched nervously.
• Bullet asked Blackbeard whether he had walked through his rice paddy, and Blackbeard answered with a blast of Conqueror’s Haki.
• Bullet revealed his own Conqueror’s Haki and clashed with Blackbeard as the pirates retreated but stayed put.
• Blackbeard charged at Bullet with Armament Haki, but Bullet met his punch using only his physical strength.
• Bullet grabbed Blackbeard by the jaw and throat and repeatedly punched his body.

The Revolutionary Army captured Blackbeard after Bullet beat him, while Arlong’s police force secured him with Seastone cuffs. Leo then learned that Luffy’s crew had encountered and defeated Golden Lion.

• Bullet told Arlong that Blackbeard had come up from below and handed the beaten pirate over to the Revolutionary Army.
• Arlong’s officers restrained Blackbeard with Seastone cuffs and carried him away on a stretcher.
• The chapter described Arlong’s police force and its work recruiting retired Revolutionary Army soldiers to maintain order on Jaya Island.
• Leo read an intelligence report that the Straw Hat Pirates had encountered Golden Lion and crushed him in battle.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Golden Lion in the New World, while Doflamingo set out to seize Poneglyphs and pursue the destruction of the world. The chapter ended as Capone Bege’s crew arrived at Sabaody Archipelago and reported that another pirate crew had attacked them.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Golden Lion, and the Revolutionary Army’s newspaper called Luffy an adventurer rather than listing him as a pirate.
• Doflamingo sailed toward the New World with Vergo, Absalom, Perona, and a controlled Gecko Moria, planning to claim Poneglyphs and destroy the world.
• Doflamingo used Gecko Moria and other puppets in experiments, while Doctor Hogback prepared stimulants for his controlled soldiers.
• Capone Bege and his crew landed at Sabaody Archipelago to replenish supplies and find a ship before continuing to the New World.
• Bege’s underlings returned from the forest and told him that another pirate crew had attacked them.

Capone Bege confronted Kid after the Kid Pirates beat up his men, and their encounter at the Black Market escalated into a battle. Bege fired a flare to summon his scattered crew as Kid charged him, leaving the two pirate crews on the brink of a larger fight.

• A lackey told Capone Bege that Captain Kid had attacked his men, and Bege went to confront him rather than risk provoking the Revolutionary Army.
• Capone Bege arrived after the Kid Pirates had defeated his subordinates and faced Kid, who demanded an explanation for the clash.
• Killer attacked Bege, but Bege revealed hidden cannons inside his body and fired at the Kid Pirates, forcing Kid to warn his crew to take cover.
• Bege fired a signal flare to summon the lackeys who were out shopping, recognizing that the fight could not end peacefully.
• Kid charged at Bege and ordered Killer to kill him, escalating the crews' dispute over a ship into a fight to the death.